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(ModeL) G. A. GEEMOND.

FASTENING FOR FREIGHT GAR DOORS.

310.320.2139. Patented June 16, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT A. GERMOND, OF NIHV YORK, N. Y.

FASTENING FOR FREIGHT=CAR DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,239, dated June 16,1.885.

Application filed April 3, 1855.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GILBERT ANSEL GER- MoND, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFastenings for Freight Gar Doors, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an elevation of one of my im proved fastenings, shown asapplied to the door and body of a freight-car. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe fastening,shown with its cover raised, part of the said cover andparts of the hasp being broken away. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thesame, the cover being shown raised, and the hasp and a part of theear-body being shown in section.

The object of this invention is to provide fastenings for freighteardoors constructed in such a manner that a seal can be readily applied tothem, and that the said fastcnings cannot be opened without breaking thesaid seal.

' The invention relates to a fastening for freight-car doors constructedwith a base part having an eyebolt and cross-grooves in its iaee, acover hinged to the said base part and having a slot to receive theeyebolt, and eyes to receive the hinging and fastening pins, afastening-pin perforated to receive in practice aseal-wire, and a hasphaving one or more cross-heads to engage with the grooves of the basepart, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Areprcsents the door, and B the body, of an ordinary freight-car. O isthe base or stationary part of the fastening, which has holes in itscorners to receive the bolt 1), by means of which the said base part issecured to the car-body B. One of the bolts D, as D, is made with aneye-head to pass through a slot, E, in the cover E and receive apadlock, when de- (ModelJ sired. The cover E is made with an eye, F,upon the inner side of one end, to enter a reeess or slot in the end ofthe base part 0 and receive the pin or rivet G, by means of which thetwo parts of the fastening are hinged together. Upon the inner side ofthe otherend of the cover E is formed an eye, H, to enter a recess inthe other end of the base part 0 and receive a pin, I, passed through atransverse hole in the said end of the base part 0. The pin I is madewith a head on one end and aperforation through its other end, inpractice, to receive the wire of the seal, which wireisalso passedthrough a hole in the hasp J. The hasp J is hinged to the door A by astaple or other suitable means. The hasp J is made with a crosshead, J,at a little distance from its base, and with a second cross-head, J,near its outer end.

In the face of the base part 0 of the fastening is formed a transversegroove, 0, to receive the body of the hasp J, and a longitudinal groove,0", to receive a cross-head ot' the said hasp. 'lhe hasp and itscrosshead are secured in place in the grooves of the base 0 by the coverE. XVith this construction the door can be fastened fully or partlyclosed, as may be desired, and when fastened and sealed cannot be openedwithout breaking the seal, and thus showing that it has been tamperedwith.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A fastening for freightcar doors, constructedsubstantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the basepart 0, having eyebolt D and cross-grooves O O, the hinged cover E,having slot E and eyes F H, the perforated pin I, and the perforatedhasp J, having one or more cross'heads, J J, asset forth.

GILBERT A. GERMOND.

\Vitnesses:

J AM'ES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGVVICK.

